Back-to-School Math activities are a part of this bundle of activities that will be hit in your classroom because the first month of school is a blur. Teachers need time to set everything up to become functioning and meaningful while learning for their students in their classroom. Don't let math the first month be exhausting! Don't get lost trying to complete initial assessments of your students … [Read more...]
Spring Into Math Fun with Spring-Themed Math Activities
Spring Into Math Fun with Spring-Themed Math Activities by reviewing all those math skills on a regular basis. It is just smart to keep activities reviewing all those important skills, even as you are building on new skills while we Spring into Math Fun! Check out these hands-on Spring-Themed Math Activities which are a part of this bundle. Comparing Numbers: Spring-Themed Math … [Read more...]
St. Patrick Math Activities
March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, just like St. Patrick's math activities! This month brings lots of skill-building and practicing as we prepare these little ones for the home stretch! We try to teach all the math standards during this grading period and then grow those skills during the last grading. Using the St. Patrick math activities will be a ton of learning fun. St. Patrick … [Read more...]
If You Give a Mouse a Brownie Learning Fun
If You Give a Mouse a Brownie by Laura Numeroff is a new book in her "If You Give a..." series. It is a great addition to any library and it is sure to be a hit with little learners. As a teacher, I love to turn a well written and illustrated book into inspiration for learning activities to hook my learners. Learners can easily practicing their skills in fun ways. Let's check out my ideas for … [Read more...]
Centered on Learning: The Letter Uu
Let's talk about some skill building, engaging activities we can use with out students to get them excited about learning with The Letter Uu. After all, eager learners who WANT to work on skills are the students we want to have. We don't get these types of students instantly. The Letter Uu Breakdown Here is an breakdown and explanation of our weekly learning centers from this week. We have … [Read more...]
Cheetos Snowflake Freebie
Cheetos Snowflake Freebie: They have done it again. Just when we think their seasonal Bag of Bones were the highlight of the year for us teachers... Cheetos has released another seasonal product called Snowflakes. And they are YUMMY. So of course I jumped on the chance to make you guys another fun, interactive, and delicious snowflake freebie file. And seriously... this file is completely … [Read more...]
Centered on Learning: Letter Ii
Centered on Learning Letter Ii: Let's get talking about center time and how we can get our students centered on learning activities that are cross curricular and engaging, In this case, how we can get them centered on learning: Letter Ii. Letter Ii Activities Time is always my enemy. The desire to make activities cross curricular so it layers my activities and learning is real. I integrate … [Read more...]
Centered on Learning: The Letter Mm
Center time is an amazing time to foster learning in a classroom. It is a great time to dedicate towards skill building and mastery of a standard. I aim to make this time fun, engaging, and exciting for my little learners. Since we were learning about the Letter Mm, so let's dive into getting centered on learning for the letter Mm. Yellow Table: The Letter Mm This center was home to our … [Read more...]
Letter Gg Learning Ideas
I love diving into letters with a letter of the week. I know many schools do not use a letter of the week anymore, but my school district requires it as we use Recipe for Reading. And honestly... it isn't a bad thing at all! So let's dive into the Letter Gg Ideas to make this letter meaningful. Letter Gg Learning Ideas With Gel Bags I do not just focus on one letter all week long. Instead I … [Read more...]
Centered On Learning: The Letter Gg
How can we allow our students to practice building skills and working with learning ideas in a way that is engaging, fluid, and leveled? We allow our students to have time during centers to focus on the Letter Gg! We want to be centered on learning. The Letter Gg Center Activities Centers are often referred to by many terms by teachers and are organized in many different ways. Some people … [Read more...]
Fill the Ten Frame Learning Game
Fill the ten frame is a game I invented to help my learners enjoy learning. A huge joy in the classroom is when you see your learners actively engaged in a game. They are having so much fun they forget they are doing real work. This is a complete victory for the learner and the teacher. Break Down Fill the Ten Frame Let me break this game down to show you how powerful and FUN it can be! … [Read more...]
Letter Kk Ideas
Letter Kk is so much FUN. It is a great time to learn about the letter that sounds like the letter C. Here are great Letter Kk Ideas to make learning fun inviting and engaging. I start this letter like I do all my letters, we read the Alphatales book about the letter Kk and follow it with the mini-books. We also watch this video from Have Fun Teaching for the Letter Kk. Letter Kk Idea #1- … [Read more...]